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a1660 H. Hammond Wks. (1684) II. 131 (R.) To..excuse our schism, or avert the criminalness of it.

1695 R. Ferguson Brief Acct. Incroachm. & Depredations of Dutch upon Eng. 53 These Things they are so far from..seeking to extenuate the Injustice and Criminalness of.

1698 R. Ferguson View of Ecclesiastick in Socks & Buskins 50 A proof of his Criminalness.

1710 J. Ollyffe Pract. Expos. Church-catech. I. 369 That which addeth very much to the criminalness of this Practice is, that there is no kind of advantage that accrueth to them thereby.

1786 A. Gib Καινα και Παλαια: Sacred Contempl. 488 All therefore that can possibly belong to the nature of criminalness..belongs to man's sin.

1838 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 28 88 A knowledge of right from wrong was to constitute the test of a man's criminalness or innocence.

1896 N. Amer. Rev. May 632 Legally constituted women—as to age, freedom from criminalness, etc.—may vote for all officers.

1968 Jrnl. Criminal Law, Criminol., & Polit. Sci. 59 36/2 The use of these statistics as a measure of criminalness of a population.

2000 New Hampsh. Sunday News (Nexis) 31 Dec. a1 There has not been any finding of criminalness. There appears to be no criminal aspect.